Whiffletree-hook



(No Model.)

0. M. POND.

WHIFFLETREE HOOK. No. 339,689. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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ORLANDO M. POND, OF INDEPENDENCE, IO WA.

WHlFFLETREE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 389,689, dated April 13, 1886.

Application filed February 10, 1586. Serial No. 191,414. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO M. Form, a.

citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in thecounty of Buchanan and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whifiletree-Hooks; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, and to the let-l ers and figures of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simple and effective hook for whiffietrces; and it consists in a hook constructed substantially as shown in the drawing, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which represents a perspective view of my invention, A. designates one end of a whiffletree, to which the ferrule B of the hook is connected. The hook consists of a slotted keeper, C, and hook proper, I), one end thereof being pivoted at a in the slot Z; of the keeper. The ferrule B is cast with the keeper (3, either at the top, bot tom, or side of said ferrule, as found desirable, and in the present instance the slot 1) at its inner end has a shoulder, a, to prevent the hook D from swinging too far back. The

keeper 0 extends some distance outward beyond the end of the ferrule B and curving forward, as shown, on the arc of a circle, and is provided at its end with a notched seat, (1, for the end of the hook D. ThehookDis formed so that its two arms will be parallel, or nearly so, providing a U shaped hook that can be only opened for the withdrawal or attachment of the trace by moving it outward, as shown in dotted lines, and when closed, as shown in full lines, the pull of the trace on the hook will keep it in that position. The free end of the hook D is slightly beveled,as is also the notched seat with which the end of the hook comes in contact, the bevcls being on a corresponding incline, so as to allow the end of the hook to pass over the seat when removing or attaching the trace.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a whiiiiletreehook, a ferrule adapted to fit over the end of the whiffletrec and cast with a slotted keeper having a notched seat, said keeper being curved forward, as shown, and extending out beyond the end of the ferrule, in combination with the U-shaped hook pivoted in the slot of the keeper and adapted to swing back over the end of the same to connect or disconnect the trace, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ORLANDO M. POXD. Witnesses:

H. W. HovnY, E. A. GRIMWOOD. 

